VARIANT NAME: Jiaozi, Jiaoguo.
ORIGIN: The fruit of Musa paradisiaca var. sapientum [Musaceae].
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: Containing 0.5% of starch, 1.3 % of protein, 0.6 % of fat, 11% of sugar, vitamin A, B, C and E. It also contains a little 5-hydroxytryptamine, noradrenaline and dihydroxyphenyl ethylamine.
NATURE, FLAVOR AND CHANNEL TROPISM: Sweet in flavor and cold in nature, acting on the channels of the lung and large intestine.
EFFICIENCIES AND INDICATIONS: Clearing away pathogenic heat, moisturizing the intestines, removing poisonous quality of any substance. It is used to treat restlessness and thirst caused by febrile diseases, Constipation, bleeding due to Hemorrhoids.
DIRECTIONS: To be eaten raw with no skin. Stewed banana with skin for oral administration is a cure for bleeding resulting from hemorrhoid. It is no good eating it excessively. Those who suffer from loose stools due to insufficiency of the spleen-yang should avoid it. Click here to learn TCM Treatment Evaluation for Hemorrhoids.